The University of Glasgow: 1451-1996 9781474465458

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© A. L. Brown and Michael Moss 1996 Transferred to digital print 2012 Edinburgh University Press 22 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LF Designed and typeset in Janson by Fionna Robson, Edinburgh Origination by Baynefield Cartographic, Edinburgh Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CRO 4YY CIP Data for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7486 0871 0 (hardback) ISBN 0 7486 0872 9 (paperback)

Contents 1 The College on the High Street, 1451-1870 2

The University at Gilmorehill, 1870-1996

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3 Building the modern University

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4 To be a student on Gilmorehill

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5 Teaching and learning

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6 Gilmorehill and the Enquiring Mind

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7 Governing Gilmorehill

103

8 Towards 2001

115

Statistical table

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Index

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contributions

comments on the text, and assistance.

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Gnive ·ity was founded by at V a letter Pope ~:J""St Peter's in Ron 1 e on '! j papal seal

theolc.gy, canon and ci•>illaw, in arc~ the privileges, faculties wirh

and imnntni jes enjPyed honours, the 'stuciium' at Bologn1 and it 'Nhich th: University confers authority that i was issued at the degrees. It requ;~st of King James II of imtiative

870

most of its stucl:~nts can''' 'llltil very Turnbdl's career and his uni recent ti, versity Wi'TC root unique. Scots had !or som.: ime been travelling three other C(l

'.miver~' 1 !ies

universJ cies were 3 ~ St Andrews ir1 foundux in and Aberdee:..1 .in 1495 hv I by the town Ed,nhurgh with royal app council in 15R3 Scotland was but not isolated, and already small and Jcation. Er,gland, f{)r

minis,:r ofKingJames and

Cambridge, from the thirteenth until the 1820s. ccnnuT but nc but until two Scr nbh universities were of proportion agP generations nmge of societ; carde and Scr,r:s from has distinct to thr.m. Scotland had and and more popl!lar tra.cFci'Jn in education.

mne time hi2 :;gent at the pa'P'' court. 'lwr:..buH must h:>.ve bdievd Cathedral dergy for and thew; area from

]hrnbull';; university '"as a small c0llege in a tv.;o ,email town of developed long tants. Glasgov t.he mark.·t centn the lowest ford

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Universitth-er instit:ntion,· a r~fo'"tll whi.c:h aHoweu Gl:-;sgnw nnmedi:Jtelv t0 m:1ke cmricula more flexible. One impmt:>nt consequence ui· tl-1e Government'~ 'lCnce

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increa:.:c in the nmJ,bcr of both stud·:nts aml most staff came to holJ teEnred post